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Re: Railroad Glossary
Author: ruling grade
Date: 10-03-2008 - 07:53

It's not really momentum as much as the length of the train exceeds the short steep grade. Short trains are actually harder to operate (downhill) on grades with compensated curves. Curves had lower grade and more resistance to downhill trains.

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